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1) They're very much not canon, even the other ST book series ignore them.2) It's very easy to tell which chapters were written by Shatner. Roughly 3 chapters of story by ghosts, and then a chapter about Kirkr reminiscing about how badass he is. Rinse, and repeat.

Lord Simian wrote:I liked the Shatner books, but two things to keep in mind.

1) They're very much not canon, even the other ST book series ignore them.2) It's very easy to tell which chapters were written by Shatner. Roughly 3 chapters of story by ghosts, and then a chapter about Kirkr reminiscing about how badass he is. Rinse, and repeat.

Shatner's books are decent but he goes to extremes to put Kirk head and shoulders above every other Trek character in existence

fieldy snuts wrote:Shatner's books are decent but he goes to extremes to put Kirk head and shoulders above every other Trek character in existence

Isn't that what I said?

Also, Scoot left off a few of Shatner's books: he wrote a mirror universe trilogy featuring the Great Captain Universe-Savior squaring off against his mirror universe counterpart, the Emperor Tiberius. Who, having been overthrown as emperor of the Terran Empire by Goatee Spock, showed his giant balls to the Klingons and Cardassians and became THEIR emperor, and used them to conquer the Terrans.

Also, Scoot left off a few of Shatner's books: he wrote a mirror universe trilogy featuring the Great Captain Universe-Savior squaring off against his mirror universe counterpart, the Emperor Tiberius. Who, having been overthrown as emperor of the Terran Empire by Goatee Spock, showed his giant balls to the Klingons and Cardassians and became THEIR emperor, and used them to conquer the Terrans.